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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Right-wing "patriotism" in action
Posted by Jill | 6:48 AM
Oxycontin Boy:
My hope, and please understand me when I say this. I disagree fervently with the people on our side of the aisle who have caved and who say, "Well, I hope he succeeds. We've got to give him a chance." Why? They didn't give Bush a chance in 2000. Before he was inaugurated the search-and-destroy mission had begun. I'm not talking about search-and-destroy, but I've been listening to Barack Obama for a year-and-a-half. I know what his politics are. I know what his plans are, as he has stated them. I don't want them to succeed.

If I wanted Obama to succeed, I'd be happy the Republicans have laid down. And I would be encouraging Republicans to lay down and support him. Look, what he's talking about is the absorption of as much of the private sector by the US government as possible, from the banking business, to the mortgage industry, the automobile business, to health care. I do not want the government in charge of all of these things. I don't want this to work. So I'm thinking of replying to the guy, "Okay, I'll send you a response, but I don't need 400 words, I need four: I hope he fails." (interruption) What are you laughing at? See, here's the point. Everybody thinks it's outrageous to say. Look, even my staff, "Oh, you can't do that." Why not? Why is it any different, what's new, what is unfair about my saying I hope liberalism fails? Liberalism is our problem. Liberalism is what's gotten us dangerously close to the precipice here. Why do I want more of it? I don't care what the Drive-By story is. I would be honored if the Drive-By Media headlined me all day long: "Limbaugh: I Hope Obama Fails." Somebody's gotta say it.


Nice. We're bogged down in two failed wars, the economy is teetering on the brink of a collapse that will make the Great Depression look like a picnic on the beach in St. Barths, and this numbnuts wants the new president to fail.

This is what right-wing "patriotism" looks like, folks. Print this out and put it on your refrigerator with a magnet. So when they start dragging out Sarah Palin and Jeb Bush and waving their flags and saying only they own America, you can remind yourself.

You know, after the 9/11 attacks, before we knew about the August 6 PDB and how the Bush Administration had been planning to attack Iraq even before taking office, I actually supported the Afghan invasion. I remember thinking that even though I hated George W. Bush with every fiber of my being, we were in a crisis and like him or not, he's the only President we've got. Of course it didn't last long, but I at least recognzied that at least for the time being, I had to give him the benefit of the doubt. I sure as hell didn't hope for him to fail; there was too much at stake. But some of us are able to recognize that sometimes a crisis is so great that failure is far worse than the possibility that someone of the other political party might gain. And others of us listen to Rush Limbaugh.

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Blogger casey said...
Hello Jill,

I am willing to bet that the oxycontin kid has all his medicines in suppository form because it is the only way it can get past (through) the excrement.

Kenneth C. Fingeret
1/21/09, 11:20 AM  
Blogger spocko said...
So Rush. How about the advertisers on your show that NEED the Governments help? Banks? Automakers? I think they should remember you said this during their time of need and ask them selves. "Do we need to advertise on Rush? Did Rush give us the benefit of the doubt? Did Rush help us stay afloat? Do we need to help keep Rush afloat? Is Rush the only way to reach that juicy, juicy shrinking income bitter white guy audience?"

Oh, by the way something on your sight is crashing my Firefox browser. I don't know what.
I came back on Internet Explorer and it works.
1/21/09, 3:47 PM  
Blogger jurassicpork said...
And they actually have the nerve to ask us why we hate America.
1/21/09, 4:28 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Yeah, well, he just inked a contract for $400 million to spew this stuff so it's a simple case of I've got mine, screw you.

Too bad the corporations are slow to react to the new dynamic. If they did, they might turn a profit.
1/21/09, 7:23 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I'm not sure Rush knows what the definition of fail is. To me, it's someone worth $1 billion that has to travel to the Dominican Republic with a bottle of Viagra.
1/22/09, 7:37 AM  
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